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A COLOSSAL WEEKEND is VEGA's genre-crossing, boundary-pushing festival for heavy, dark and experimental music. The festival presents over 3 days in May approx. 30 acts from all over the world, some of which will be completely new and unknown, while others will be established headliners. A Colossal Weekend has been taking place since 2016 and has featured names like Cult of Luna, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Deafheaven, Anna Von Hausswolff, Russian Circles, Wolves in The Throne Room, Emma Ruth Rundle and Alcest over the years.

In 2025, A Colossal Weekend will take place from 8-10 May in VEGA and Basement at Vesterbro in Copenhagen.

The Thursday lineup is:

DOOL (NL)

‘DOOL’, being derived from the Dutch word for ‘wandering’, originally emerged out of the ashes of ‘The Devil’s Blood’ and ‘Elle Bandita’ in 2015. By soul-searching their way through rhythms and melodies, debut album ‘Here Now, There Then’ was born. Not long after its release on German Prophecy Productions in 2017 the album was awarded Metal Hammer’s ‘Debut Album Of The Year’

TELEPATHY (UK)

Telepathy are the avant-garde quartet driving cinematic sludge-metal to uncharted stratospheres in the 21st century. Their ability to synthesise progressive and breakneck riffs transcend audiences through astral planes of instrumental narrative.

Propelled by a creative carte blanche philosophy, Telepathy eclipse convention and limitation, making for unique compositions that ricochet and bend through genres with experimental gorgeousness. Whether it’s implementing atypical tunings, audio samples, or joyride-like timing signatures that leave listeners dizzy with exhilaration - anything goes. Predominantly communicated without vocals, Telepathy portrays diverse sonic landscapes and personal introspections by allowing their instruments alone to convey their concepts.

ORANSSI PAZUZU (FI)

Finnish ORANGSI PAZUZU has previously played on ACW. The band delivers psychedelic black metal with jazz and Finnish finesse to both ears, and they are a huge audience favourite. Their new album Muuntautauja is on the street next week.

CHAT PILE (US)

Chat Pile emerge from Oklahoma City's muddy noise rock territory with their second full-length album Cool World (2024). The band challenges their own comfort tones by mixing their sludgy sound with traces of metal grooves, goth-inspired lament and alternative indie-inspired hooks.

AGRICULTURE (US)

The American avant-garde black metallers AGRICULTURE is a visionary band that both celebrates and transcends the tropes of black metal with an ecstatic music that provides insight into the impenetrable layers of the human psyche.

MACHUKHA (UA/IE)

The black-metal/post-hardcore band MACHUKHA is a wild and intense project with Ukrainian Natalya and Irish Bláthin as creative driving force.

(O) (DK)
(0) is first and foremost a band whose music breaks down the boundaries between black metal, progressive metal, drone and post-metal. Their 2017 debut EP showcased the band's experimental, versatile play with different genres. Throughout, however, you can hear (0)'s unique expression in the insistent and patient guitar textures. In April 2020, (0) released their debut album SkamHan on Napalm Records.

SLIM0 (DK)
SLIM0 is a rock/grunge/art/doom band consisting of Danish/Montenegrin siblings Mija Milovic (guitar, keys, bass) and Lena Milovic (guitar, bass) alongside Danish/Iranian Simin Ramezanali (drums, flute, bass). All three of them sing, the voice being a central element to the band's practice. The trio have known each other since high school and released their debut EP sol i øjet in 2020. Since then, SLIM0 has been self-releasing multiple singles and EPs, expanding their sound defying classical song structures and rousing the Copenhagen music scenes through action and intuition as an underground stable. SLIM0 is now out with their debut record FORGIVENESS.

NEW MONEY (DK)
From the underbelly of Copenhagen emerges NEW MONEY — a band that doesn't merely play music, but wields it as a weapon. With a sound deeply rooted in chaotic hardcore and noise rock, they're making their mark by delivering powerful, unfiltered music that refuses to be boxed in.

ST. DIGUE - Bloom & Wilt Anniversary (DK)
Danish darkwave act ST. DIGUE will revisit its first two EPs with a performance entitled ‘Bloom & Wilt Anniversary’. St. Digue is the solo alias of Copenhagen-based artist, singer and producer Kasper Deichmann. Since 2020 his unique take on dark electronic music has sent shock waves through Copenhagen’s underground scene. With ethereal synthesizers, infectious guitars, pounding drum machines, industrial soundscapes, melancholic melodies and desperate screams, he invites you into a neurospicy universe plagued by trauma, alienation and armageddon. Combine that with his punky D.I.Y. approach, his black metal roots and his flair for experimentation, he has cemented himself as a boundary pushing force to be reckoned with.

More names for the poster will be announced on an ongoing basis, and the final program is expected to be announced at the beginning of 2025. The final program will offer 9-10 acts every day spread over 3 stages.